Pail holder for ladders



Dec. 24, 1940. w. P. KUNDE 2 2,226,228

PAIL HOLDER FOR LADDERS Y Original Filed'Septl 2, 1938 Patented Pee. 24, 1940 I UNITED STATES PAT OFFICE Refiled for abandoned application Serial No. 228,105, September 2, 1938. This application July 17, 1940, Serial No. 345,937

1 Claim. (01. 248-- 211) This invention relates to a new and improved tion 4 intersect .at point 6 substantially at right type of pail holder for ladders, as more fully angles to each other. Both the base portion 2 illustrated by the preferred embodiment herein and the top portion 4 have substantially flat indescribed. ner surfaces adapted to fit against the upright of The present application is a substitute for Serial the average ladder. Both also have substantial 5 No. 228,105, filed September 2, 1938, and now vertical depth a: which may be, for example, acabandoned. I cording to one preferred embodiment of the in- One of the objects of the invention is to provention, about 1% inches. The base portion 2 vide a new and improved type of pail holder also has a substantial length y which preferably 0 to be used on ladders for holding paint buckets extends at least halfway through the depth of the and the like. ladder upright and is preferably such that the pail A further object of the invention is to provide holder 8 is near the middle of the side of the lada pail holder of the type described which can der upright, asshown by Figure 3. be employed on either the right side or the left The top of the L-shaped portion 4, as previid of ladden ously indicated, is a continuation of the base 15 Still another object of the invention is to proportion 2 and is integral therewith, being also vide a new and improved type of pail holder preferably of the same depth m, as shown by the of the type described whichaffords uniform disu ration in Figure 4- tribution of the weightof 'a bucket or the like The inverted substantially U-s p d portion supported thereby from a ladder. as shown in Figure 4, is integral with the top edge '20 Another object of the invention is to provide a of the p p o A and comprises an upcompact, inexpensive type of pail holder for lad- Wardly extending section II] and a downwardly der work made from a single piece of sheet metal. extendin sec ion l2 with an intermediate sec- Still a further object of the invention is to proi n l4 pt d to fi v he r ns "5 of a l dvide a new and improved type of pail holder der, as shown in Figure 3. 25 of the'type described which holds the pail close The edges of said inv h p d i to the upright of the side of the ladder and is adapted to be dispos d adjacent the ladder upprovided with means to prevent the pail from right, fall in a Plane substantially Parallel being accidentally displaced. with the inside of the ladder upright and also Other features and advantages of the invention ubstantially parallel with the inside of the base 30 will appear by reference to the following descripp rtion 2 of the L-shaped section A, as shown tion thereof in conjunction with the accompanyin Figure 4. The upper side of the L-shap P ing drawing which illustrates the preferred emtion 4 is of substantial length and may b for bodiment ofthe invention and in which: p about /2 c es, n accordance with Figure 1 illustrates a ladder in combination the p rred embodiment of the invention. The 85 with a pail holder of the present invention shown inverted p member B m y be somewhat mounted on the right side of the ladder; smaller in width than the vertical depth a: of the Figure 2 illustrates the use of the pail holder L-shaped member h distance as s own of the present invention when mounted on the in Figure between e p e B'B and the 4 left side of the ladder; plane running through the inside of the base 40 Figure 3 is a side view of the ladder showing the member 2 of L-shaped s ct A ou d prefermanner in which the pail holder supports the ly be slightly reat r than the width of the pail; ladder upright.

Figure 4 is a front view of the ladder with the It is a feature of this invention t the P pail holder mounted on the right side of the ladholder described y b p yed e t er on the 45 d ri ht, as i Figure 1, right side of the ladder, as shown in Figure 1, Referring to the drawing and particularly t or on the left side of the ladder, as shown in Figure 4, it will be seen that the pail holder of Figure 2. In either case the ball [8 of the bucket the present invention consists of a single piece 20 is supported y the stamped-out metal k to of sheet metal in two integral sections including In order t p eve e ental d s od an L-shaped section A and a substantially inment of the bail, the metal hook 8 is recessed verted U-shaped section B. For convenience in slightly at point 22 so that it is somewhat wider description, the L-shaped section A may be deat this point than thereabove. The weight of scribed as having a base portion 2 and a top the bucket 20 pulls downwardly against the 5g portion 4. The base portion 2 and the top porstamped-out hook member 8." At the same time the weight is distributed against the side of the upright of the ladder through the base 2 of the L-section A and since this is of substantial depth, the weight of the bucket is distributed over a substantial area of the side of the ladder upright. The tendency of the base portion 2 to press inwardly against the outside of the ladder upright is counteracted to some extent by the arrangement of the inverted U-shaped portion B, which will tend to press against the inside of the ladder upright in an opposite direction, thereby further tending to distribute the weight over another portion of the area of the ladder upright. If the pail holder is used on the right side of the ladder, a part of the weight of the bucket is also distributed over the top of the right ladder upright through section 4 of L- shaped section A, assuming that the ladder is placed on a slant in the usual manner, as shown in Figure 1. The distribution of the weight in this manner tends to take away from the rung of the ladder much of the weight of the bucket, and since the rung of the ladder ordinarily is the first part of the ladder to wear out, it is desirable not to accelerate this wear any more than necessary.

The particular arrangement and construction of the pail holder is such, as previously explained, that the edges of the inverted U-shaped 'member B fall in a plane substantially parallel and closely adjacent to the inside of the ladder upright, regardless of whether the pail holder is placed on the right or left side of the ladder. The inside of the base section -2 of the L-shaped member A is adapted to fit against the outside of the ladder upright so that any tendency of the pail holder to slip from side to side'is counteracted on the one hand by the edges of the 40 inverted U-shaped member B and .on the other hand by the fiat base section 2 of the L-shaped member A.

The pail holder requires no special means for fastening it to the ladder upright regardless of whether it is used on the left side or the right side of the ladder. This is an important feature of the invention because heretofore it has been customary to provide a special hook or means to prevent the pail holder from moving from side to side and such means have been adapted only for pail holders that were to be used on the right side of the ladder. The present invention, therefore, provides for the first time a simple, compact, inexpensive type of pail holder made from a single piece of sheet metal which may be used on either side of a ladder to hold the pail against the side of the ladder while providing against accidental dislodgment thereof.

It will be understood that certain variations may be made in the invention described without departing therefrom. The pail holder illustrated is preferably made from a single piece of sheet metal which, for all practical purposes, is substantially rigid, although it may have very slight flexibility. However, the pail holder can .be made from other materials of construction ing the bail of a bucket.

WILLIAM P. KUNDE. 

